Torah Study Date Saturday, March 11, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 3:20-4:9 Next Session Saturday, March 18, 2023 Starting at Exodus 4:10 Last week we discussed the frequent appearance of “hand” (yod) and wondered about its significance. For example, God says the king of Egypt will not let them go and not/even by a strong […]
More Instructions to Moses
Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Morris Hirschfield, Moses, Pharaoh, YHVH
Torah Study Date Saturday, March 3, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 3:15-19 Next Session Saturday, March 11, 2023 Starting at Exodus 3:20 Last week, we discussed YHVH saying to Moses that “this” will be his name forever and wondered to which name he was referring. The most likely name in context seems to be “YHVH” […]
Moses’ Assignment and God’s Name
Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Marc Chagall, Moses, Pharaoh, YHVH
Torah Study Date Saturday, February 25, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 3:7-3:15 Next Session Saturday, March 4, 2023 Starting at Exodus 3:16 Last week we discussed YHVH telling Moses to go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt. We noted that first YHVH says he has indeed seen their degradation, has […]
Burning Bush and Holy Ground
Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Abraham, Avner Moriah, Isaac, Jacob, Jethro, Moses, Noah, Pharaoh, YHVH
Torah Study Date Saturday, February 18, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 3:1-6 Next Session Saturday, February 25, 2023 Starting at Exodus 3:7 Previously, we discussed the Egyptian King dying, the Israelites groaning under hard labor, God hearing them, remembering his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and knowing. Last week, we discussed Moses shepherding for […]
Moses Flees Egypt and Settles in Midian
Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Jethro, Moses, Pharaoh, Ra, Reuven Rubin, YHVH, Zipporah
Torah Study Date Saturday, February 11, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 2:14-2:23 Next Session Saturday, February 18, 2023 Starting at Exodus 2:24 Last week we discussed Moses’ reaction to seeing two Hebrews fighting, namely, asking the one who was in the wrong, why are you striking your companion? We wondered which Hebrew is in the […]
The Women Save Moses
Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Aaron, Amran, Batya, Miriam, Moses, Nahum Halevi, Pharaoh, Yocheved
Torah Study Date Saturday, February 4, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 2:1-2:12 Next Session Saturday, February 11, 2023 Starting at Exodus 2:13 Last week we discussed the marriage of Moses’ parents; the birth of Moses; his mother’s concealment of him for three months; her making a wicker ark, putting him in it and it in […]
Shiphra and Puah Stand Up to the King
Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Batya, David, Marc Chagall, Michal, Moses, Pharaoh, Puah, Saul, Shiphra
Torah Study Date Saturday, January 27, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 1:15-1:22 Next Session Saturday, February 4, 2023 Starting at Exodus 2:1 Last week we discussed whether “Hebrew midwives” means “midwives who are Hebrews” or “midwives to the Hebrews” with some, in accord with Abravanel, thinking they are midwives to the Hebrews and, hence, to […]
A New King Who Did Not Know Joseph
Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Batya, Hispano-Moresque Haggadah, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Pharaoh
Torah Study Date Saturday, January 21, 2023 Verses Covered Exodus (Sh’mot) 1:1-1:10 Next Session Saturday, January 28, 2023 Starting at Exodus 1:11 Last week we discussed “b’nei Yisrael” (children of Israel) and noted that the phrase no longer denotes Jacob’s children but now denotes his descendants and that, in Exodus, we are moving from an […]
Joseph’s Brothers Fear Him
Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Batya, Dura Europos, Jacob, Joseph, Miriam, Moses, Noah, Pharaoh, Push, Shifra, YHVH, Yocheved
Torah Study Date Saturday, January 14, 2023 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 50:15-26 Next Session Saturday, January 21, 2023 Starting at Exodus 1:1 Last week we started with additional comments about the previous week’s readings, namely, that three possible reasons for Joseph asking permission to go up and bury his father are that he needed protection […]
The Death of Jacob
Deborah Achtenberg 2023 Torah Study Abraham, Eliyahu Gorgi, Ephron, Isaac, Jacob, Jami, Joseph, Leah, Pharaoh, Potiphar, Rebecca, Sarah, YHVH, Zulaika
Torah Study Date Saturday, January 7, 2023 Verses Covered Bereishit (Genesis) 49:29-50:14 Next Session Saturday, January 14, 2023 Starting at Genesis 50:15 Last week we discussed the death of Jacob. We noted the emphasis on being gathered: Jacob says he is being gathered to his people; the text says that when he finished speaking, he […]